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Montana Legislative Candidates Discuss Health Care Issues

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Health care is an important issue for most of Montanans. It was the topic of conversation for a handful of candidates hoping for a seat in the Montana Legislature. Half a dozen legislative candidates made their stances on health care known at Health Votes Montana State Legislative Candidate Forum. Candidates were given 10 questions from the American Cancer Society ...

What Do Candidates Say About Health Care?

In an effort to help educate Great Falls voters candidates for Montana's State Legislature gathered in a forum to answer questions regarding health care. One of the hot topics included raising the legal age to 21 to purchase tobacco products. Some in favor say it would help to curb the use ... say if you are an adult at 18 you should be allowed to purchase those items at the age of 18.   (read more...) What Do Candidates Say About Health Care? ...

Mental Health, Milk and Tobacco: Candidates Face Off During Health Care Forum

... answered questions on current healthcare issues Tuesday night on topics ranging from tobacco use to legalizing the sale of raw milk. The Health Care Forum held by a non partisan group, Health Votes Montana 2016, posed questions such as tobacco prevention to local Montana legislative candidates. (see more...) Mental Health, Milk ...

State Legislative Candidates Go on the Record About Health Care at Health Votes Montana Candidate Forums

Missoula, Mont.—Sept. 10, 2018—The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), AARP Montana and Montana Primary Care Association will educate the public and encourage state legislative candidates to publicly state their positions on cancer and other key health care issues throughout the campaign season. Many stakeholders are involved in the health care debate, and often the concerns of patients, consumers and their family caregivers can be underrepresented. Health Votes Montana is a ...

Senate HELP Committee Adopts National Pain Care Policy Act as Part of Comprehensive Health Care Reform Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 23, 2009 -- “Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee members voted unanimously today to amend health care reform legislation to ensure that cancer patients, survivors, and others suffering from chronic pain receive the proper pain care they need to ...

2015 Quality of Life Health Forum: Removing the Barriers of Care

... The event brought together doctors, lawmakers and patients to build awareness, understanding and dialogue around the importance of palliative care and quality of life for patients living with serious chronic illnesses like cancer. Palliative care honors patient choice about treatment ... cancer and other chronic illness is as much a matter of public policy as scientific discovery.  The event provided an opportunity for health care organizations to listen and learn from one another and to share their views and concerns. The forum united some of South Carolina’s leaders and decision makers in business, health care, patient advocacy, health policy and government. Speakers included: Dr. Thaddeus Bell, Thaddeus John Bell Family Practice, Founder and ...

2017 ACS CAN Maryland Health Policy Forum on Access to Care

The ACS CAN Policy Forum on Access to Health Care was held on October 12th at the Universith of Maryland Medical Center and brought together Maryland’s key decision makers and leaders in business, education, medical research, cancer care, and government to explore federal and state health care policies and its impact on the delivery of cancer care, hospital administration, and innovation in cancer treatments.  This premier ...

House to Vote on Legislation Expanding Access to Affordable Health Care to Millions

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. House of Representatives will consider landmark legislation today that would expand access to affordable health care coverage to millions of Americans through a combination of making low-cost marketplace health plans available to low-income people in states that have yet to expand Medicaid, permanently increasing federal funding for Medicaid in the ...

Palliative Care Stories

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, ... patients to palliative care, including the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, which would direct the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand federal funding for palliative care research; educate the public and providers about palliative care; and support training programs to educate doctors, nurses, social workers and other health care providers to effectively practice palliative care. Each of the following stories increases awareness of the bene ts of palliative care, ...

Palliative Care Patient Information Act

Gov. Paterson has signed "The Palliative Care Patient Information Act," strongly backed by the American Cancer Society, which is designed to give patients and their families more control ... a bill to provide patients access to information about palliative care, pain treatments and end of life care options. The legislation requires health care providers to offer their patients who are diagnosed with a terminal illness information and counseling about treatments and options, ... though it does not require patients and/or families to participate in that counseling. Inadequate treatment of pain is a significant public health problem in the United States. . · Pain is one of the most common and most feared symptoms of cancer. The perception that pain is associated ...

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